Sewing machine



July 9, 1935. E. c| EGRovE SEWING MACHINE Filed April lO, 1933 Peenedhlyw L 2,007,560

PATENT ,OFFICE fgillo'loof SEWINGMACHINE. Charles .E.Colegrove, Lakewood, .1 1 Application April 10;'1933,I Seal lflo. `6 65,297 `v f j 1.1mm.. ',(01-112-12601, f c fThsinvention relatesto asewing machinefand similar to'Fig; 3 and showing by dotted or full. more particularly tothe construction ofthe cover linesI different conditions of certain* of the p artsj plate fm@ the handehol- Qpening the bed plate of the actuating'and locking nieans vfor the banal--Y '5 objec'of-tle presenti'invention is to po- Fie'. 6 is a detached diagramInatieNiew, the

Vide' a'"co v 'er" plate for:` the hand-hole openingin hand-hole cover plate beingindicated in the open the edplate ofa sewing rnachine `which is so con position bydotted'linespwhilethe actuating and structedjthat'it may' be 'readily moved to open or locking mechanism for the plate is shown full.

. closed position'and'wliich will have no partsprof lines. e

16 "jectirg-aboiiethlerelor beyond the edge-ofthe 'The bedplate of a sewing machine `bed is ind'-i 10 bedi'platelin'eitler position:- f cated atfl midis-providedadjacent one "0f, its Another object is to provide in a sewing ma-'f` ends vwith a needleplate'I I 'having therein 'slots chinefaoover'plate for'lthe handhole opening forthe toothedfeedlvlof the machine and' an which b efjrrioved Vtojits fully closed position opening for the needle carried by the'reeiprocatf- 'inforder that" it lwill `r 1oi ;-r et urn automaticallyv to ing-needlefbar (not shown) as isfwell understood 15 :ltsopen"pc`nsi ti on.' 1' in; the art "In accordanc e [with the usual con- A iurther object isjtofprovidefina sewing nia- A struction ora sewing rnachine, the shuttle is ar-` chine a c' ov e r4 platefor'the hand-hole opening; ranged beneath the needle plated I inaposition to which Yisofv simple construction, is permanently cooperate'with'the reciprocatingl needle, a rotary 2`V connectedto the bedplateofthe machine,is sub" shuttlel Abeing shown inthe drawing by`way 20 l stant'ally out of the waybelowthe levelof the. r0f illustration 011,15'.

bedplateof the niachinewhen moved to! the `open The bed Plate I0 ViS PI'QVidGdWth an Opening pOStQR-@ndfwhich 11133, bejqiqkly 4and easily extending inwardly' from'the right hand end of operated rrno'tfed intojeitherthe closed or open thebed, as Viewed in the drawing, vwhich opening. position." f should be Yof sufficient size to-aford convenient 25 A still f urtherfobje'ctisto provide ina sewing access for theoperatorto' theshuttle of the mamahnel adbwfnwardly ,swinging coi/erplateror chine in erdereeedjustthesame er te mount e theliandfhole opening and with whichisiass'obobbln 'casey therein.v ,The opening in the bed ciatedoperatlng'and holding fineansoflsnohcharej plate `just referred to is`c1osed`bya plate I4 of @grep-thai; 'when'the p1ate= i s"in1 `the jclosed pos.` such 'size as toextendfrom the end'of the'bed to 30 tionitfeannetbe opened, released or'swung to theneedleplate I I and tob capableof swinging open'position byadownward pressure `appliedto.` downwardly into the' opening and substantially the `upper Is1 1'r f a t' ;"e 'of the plat-,e itself but nlyby Jbeneathtloe'lrled. "Ihecoverplate .I4 is secured m' ampli lationof theoperatingmeans.l i at its outer onright hand edge (as viewed in Fig.V fnurthergand additionaiobjeets and advantages 1)Lto a strip I5 having at tsopposte ends trun- 35 willbecome;apparent'hereinarter during the'fOl-J n ions IE L extending into suitable recesses formed lowingdetailed'des'criptionpfan embodiment off, thebedplate IIJ atthe'sidesof the hand-hole thejinventionzwhich" .illustrated in the'accom-- perillgtheien'.

. rallying. dfewingfwheremi' zz Beneatnthe'hand-hole opening in the bed 10V I'LFg'urejljiisfja. fragniehtarytoplplariview of the 1 ?late1-` I0 "a/bam. Sl arranged and has. atS 40 bed mateefesewingmeehineshewmgthemedopposite ends laterally turned'portins Ifand hole covenplatedn closedposition adjacent Vthe" lf3 Di'OVidd With eXteIlSiQnS below the lower edgey nedl ate! f .l ofthe beamV I'Iwhich are pivotally connected, by 1.? Fj g fragmentayhgttom planjviwjaken Suitable pVOS 20 'eXleIldIlg IJlllLOLlgh Openings 2| frein tneunderfside or Fig. 1. if

Fig; s jisjaniregular.lgrigitudinai setjgnalyiew ried by the bed plate Il) andlocated adjacent the` throughthe-bdplateandl-hand-hole cover plate hand-holeopening. The upper edge of the beam `andfis.'alrln.snbstantially on line 3-3 of eitherl I'I intermediate its ends isprovided with alat- 11ig.' 1t erf 21oekingl in the "direction ef thearrows. erauyextending portion 22 et the'oute'r end of Figflfisan end eletational'view taken from the which isvan upwardly extending tab 2 3. VThe ex- 5.0 right hand side f Fig; lffas viewed in the drawing tension on the portion I9 is extended beyond the ands'howingfa hand-hole cover plate in closed opening 2| andis arrangedl to engagea stop pin posliticirfi'in` fullflines andinopenposti-onndotted M 'carried by4 the meniber IIJa, of the bed when 1`ir'1'es, L '[f n the beam II has been moved to aposition where- A A5 is afraginentay detailed sectional ilew in the cover plate I4 is free to swing downwardly n theextensions to depending members Illa car- 45 to open position, as will later be explained. The portion I9 also extends slightly above the upper edge of the beam I1 and is provided with an inturned ilange 25 secured to the under side of an actuating member 26 which, when the cover plate I4 is in closed position, will be ilush with the upper surface thereof and will be arranged in a recess formed in the plate I4 adjacent the front side of the machine. When the cover plate I4 is in fully closed position stop lugs `2I secured to the under side of the plate will engage beneath the needle plate II andV form definite stops insuring the proper position of the cover plate I4 in the closed position. The actuating member 26 will also be in a horizontal Yposition 'flush with the cover plate I4, while the upwardly extending tab 23, at the end of the portion 22 of the beam I'I, will be in engagement with the under side of the cover plate at a point slightly past the vertical plane including the longitudinal center line of the pivots 20 for the portions I8 and I9 of the strip and on the pDQsite side of the transverse center line of the cover plate from the axis of the trunnions I6. .This engagement between the tab 23 and the coverv plate I4 will hold the cover plate in its-upper or closed position andvit will beseen that any vdownward pressure exerted upon the plate I4 will be ineffective to open the plate and will press upon the tab v23 in a downward direction lying substantially in the vertical center line of the pivots 20.

When it is desired to open the cover plate I4 to aiord access tothe shuttle, the operator merely presses downwardly on the right hand end (as,

viewed in the drawing) of the actuating member 26 with the result that the strip I'I is swung in,

a clockwise direction on its pivot and the tab 23 is moved to the opposite side of thevertical plane of thev longitudinal center line of the pivots 20` to an off-center position, whereupon 'the'` weight of the cover plate and of the beam'I'I, and.. actuating member 26 will cause the cover plate to swing downwardly by gravity to the open position, as indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 3, 4 and 6, the end of the portion I9 engaging with the` stop pin 24 to limit the downwardly swinging movement of the cover platev and the actuating member. Itis only necessary that the actuating member 26 be rocked slightly from its horizontal position to move the tab 23to the oir-center position previously referred to, and to allow the actuating member and the cover plate to swing down by gravity, such position towhich the actuating member 25 should be moved for this purpose being illustrated in Fig. 5 in full lines.

When the cover plate I4 is in theopen position, the left hand end, (as viewed in the drawing) of the member 26 will extend just slightly,

above the level of the bed platev I0, as shown in dotted lines in Iig. 3 and there will be Asuflicient space betweenthis end of the member and the downwardly inclined cover vplate to allow a finger of the operator to be inserted therebetween to move the member 26 to its full line position, as shown inrFig. 5, at winch time the cover plate I4 will be in'a substantially closed position. It will be seen that after the member 26has been moved to this position downward pressure vexerted upon the left hand end of the member, as viewed in the drawing, will swing the beam I1 and the tab 23 still further to bring the tab slightly beyond the vertical plane of the longitudinal center line of the pivots 20, as viewedin Fig. 3, at which time the cover plafte will be` locked inthe fully closed position.

Although a preferred embodiment of the invention has been illustrated and described herein, it should be understood that the invention is susceptible of various modications and adaptations within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

l. In combination with a sewing machine bed having a hand-hole opening therein, a cover plate for said opening pivotally connected to said bed and adapted when in vclosed positiony to nll said opening and lie substantially flush with the upper surface of the bed and when in open position to extend downwardly through said opening, and a vlsingle means operable from the upper side of the bed for moving said cover plate to closed position and for maintaining the same therein, said means vincluding a member separate from but engaging Ythe under side of said cover plate.

2. In combination with a sewing machine bed having a hand-hole opening therein, a cover plate for said opening pivotally connected to said bed and adapted when in closed position to ll said opening and to lie substantially flush with the upper surface of the bed and when in open position to extend downwardly through said opening, and a single means for moving said cover plate to closed position and for maintaining the same therein and for effecting opening movement thereof including an actuating portion operable from the upper side of the bed and a portion separate from but engaging the under side of said cover plate.

3..In combination with a sewing machine bed having a hand-hole opening therein, a cover plate for said opening pivotally connected at one of its ends to said bed and adapted when in closed position to fill said opening and to lie substantially flush with the upper surface of the bed and when in open position to extend downwardly through said opening, and a single means for moving said cover plate to closed position and for maintaining the same therein and for effecting opening movement thereof including a portion engaging the under side of said cover plate on the opposite side of the transverse center line thereof from the sideupon which is its pivotal axis.

4. In combination with a sewing machine bed having a hand-hole opening therein, a cover plate for said Aopening pivotally connected at one of its ends to said bed and adapted when in closed position to fill said opening and to lie substantially flush with the upper surface of the bed and when in .open position to extend downwardly through said opening, and means for moving said coverA plateto closed position and for maintaining the same therein and for effecting opening movement thereof including an actuating member operable from the upper side ofthe bed and a memberv engaging the underside of said cover plate when the latter is in the closed position on the opposite side of the transverse center line thereof from its pivotal axis.

5. In'combination with a sewing machine bed having a hand-hole opening therein, a cover plate for said opening pivotally connected to said bed and adapted when in closed position to fill said opening and lie substantially flush to the upper surface of the bed and when in open position to extend downwardly through said opening, and means'for moving said cover plate to closed position and for maintaining the same therein and for eifecting opening movement thereof including an independently pivoted member separable from but engaging the under side of the cover plate when the latter is in the closed position at a point 14 contiguous to the vertical plane passing through the pivotal axis of said member.

6. In combination with a sewing machine'bed having a hand-holeV opening therein, a cover plate for said openingl pivotally connected at one of its ends to said bed and adapted when in closed position to fill said opening and lie substantially flush with the upper surface of the bed and when in open positionvto extend downwardly through said opening, and means for moving said cover plate tof closed position Vand Yfor maintaining the sametherein and for effecting opening` movement thereof including a pivoted member engaging the under side of the cover plate .when in the closed position at a point contiguous to the vertical plane passing 'through the pivotalv axis of said member and on'the opposite side of the transverse center line of said cover plate from the pivotal axis of the latter. Y f

7. In combination with a sewing machine bed having a hand-hole opening therein, a cover plate for said openingpivotally connected to said bed and adapted whenin closed'position to fill said opening and lie substantially flush with the upperA surface of the'bed and when in open position to extend downwardly through .said opening, said cover plate being provided in one ofits marginal edges with a recess, and means forinoving said cover plate to closed position and for maintaining the same therein and for effecting opening movement thereof including an actuating member which when the cover plate is ,closed substantially lls said recess and lies flush with the up- -per surfaceof said cover plate.

8. In combination with a sewing machine' bed r having a hand-hole opening therein,v va cover j plate for said opening pivotally connected to said bed and adapted when in closed position to position to extend downwardly through said opening, said cover plate being provided in one `of its marginal edges with a recess, and means for moving said cover plate to closed position and maintaining the same therein and for effecting open- Y ing movement thereof including a member having a portion engaging the underside of saidY covcover plate.

er'plate and an actuating portion substantially 9. Incombination with a sewingV machine bed having a hand-hole opening therein, a cover plate for said opening pivotally connected at one of its ends to saidV bed and adapted when in'closed positiony to fill Ysa'id'opening and lie substantially flush with the upper surface of the bed andwhen in open position to extend downwardly through said opening, said cover plate being provided in one of its marginal edges with a recess, and means for moving said cover plate to 'closed position and for maintaining the same therein and for effecting opening movement thereof including a pivoted member having a portion engaging the under side of said cover plate when the latter is fully closed at a point contiguous to the vertical plane passing through the pivotal axis of said member and on the opposite side ofthe transverse center line of said cover plate from the pivotal axis of the latter and an actuating portion arranged to substantially ll said recess when the cover plate is in the closed position with its upper surface lsubstantially flush with the upper surface of said cover plate.

y l0. In combination with a sewing machine bed having ahand-hole opening therein, a cover Vplate for saidopening pivotally connected at one of its ends to said bed and adapted when in closed position to ll said opening andlie substantially flush with the upper surface ofthe bed and when vin open position to extend downwardly through plate when the latter is fully closed at a point contiguous to the vertical plane passing through the pivotal axis of .said member and on the side of said plane opposite to the pivotal axis of the cover plate. i

11. In combination with a sewing machine bed having a hand-hole opening therein, a cover plate for said opening pivotally connected to said bed :and adapted when in closed position to ll said opening and lie substantially flush with the upper surface of the bed and when in open position to extend downwardly. through said opening, separately pivoted means for moving said cover plate to closed position and for maintaining the same therein and forV effecting opening movement thereof, and means for limiting movement of said pivoted means during the opening movement of said cover plate. v

' CHARLES E. COLEGROVE. 

